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The Great ?hat Ifs?of the American Civil War: Historians Tackle the Conflict? Most Intriguing Possibilities,Used
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?hat If . . . ??Every Civil War armchair general asks the question. Possibilities unfold. Disappointments vanish. Imaginations soar. More questions arise. ?hat if . . .?can be more than an exercise in wistful fantasy. A serious inquiry sparks rigorous exploration, demands critical thinking, and unlocks important insights.The Great ?hat Ifs?of the American Civil War: Historians Tackle the Conflict? Most Intriguing Possibilities is a collection of fourteen essays by the historians at Emerging Civil War, and includes a Foreword by acclaimed alternate history writer Peter G. Tsouras.Each entry focuses on one of the most important events of the war and unpacks the options of the moment. To understand what happened, we must look with a clear and objective eye at what could have happened, with the full multitude of choices before us. ?hat if ?is a tool for illumination. These essays also explode the assumptions people make when they ask ?hat if ?and then jump to wishful conclusions.This collection of thoughtful essays offers not alternate histories or counterfactual scenarios, but an invitation to ask, to learn, and to wonder, ?hat if . . . ??able of ContentsForeword: ?aths Not Taken: Thoughts of an Alternate Historian,?by Peter G. TsourasIntroduction by Chris MackowskiChapter One: ?Persistently Misunderstood? The What Ifs of Shiloh,?by Timothy B. SmithChapter Two: ?he What Ifs of Antietam,?by Kevin PawlakChapter Three: ?hat If Great Britain Had Intervened in the American Civil War??by Dwight HughesChapter Four: ?hat If Someone Else Had Been Offered Command of the Army of the Potomac??by Frank JastrzembskiChapter Five: ?hat If Stonewall Jackson Had Not Been Shot??by Kristopher D. WhiteChapter Six: ?o Go Around to the Right? Longstreet at Gettysburg,?by Dan WelchChapter Seven: ?hat If Jefferson Davis Hadn? Been So Loyal to Braxton Bragg??by Cecily Nelson ZanderChapter Eight: ?hat If Robert E. Lee Had Struck a Blow at the North Anna River??by Chris MackowskiChapter Nine: ?Rally the loyal men of Missouri? What If the 1864 Missouri Expedition Had Been Successful??by Kristen TroutChapter Ten: ?A New Endorsement of Abraham Lincoln? Could Lincoln Have Won Reelection Without Sherman? and Sheridan? Successes??by Jonathan A. NoyalasChapter Eleven: ?hat If Robert E. Lee Waged a Guerrilla War with his Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865??by Barton A. MyersChapter Twelve: ?What If Lincoln Lived??The Civil War? Perennial Counterfactual Question,?by Brian Matthew Jordan and Evan C. RotheraContributor Notes
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